Head Itch From Helmet?

"mary" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I have been wearing a helmet for over twenty-years, but in
the last couple of years it seems to make my head itch.In
the area where the straps are. I use a sweat band, and it
seems to itch along there also. I usually in the summer
wear it around three to four hours a day, and it gets
worse as the temperature increases. Right now I am setting
my helment in the sun after

I

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ride to see if that helps, but it is too early to tell. I
bought a new helmet, but it does not seem to make any
difference. Any suggestions?

Thanks

Tom

Do you ever rinse off the accumulated salts on your straps
and pads? If not, that might be part of the problem. Several
times per week I'll give my helmet a quick rinse in the sink
and leave it to dry in the drainboard...this keeps the
helmet clean, and gives the kitchen a "cyclist lives here"
atmosphere (as if there's any doubt, what with the Graham
Watson calendar, bike club ride listings, and Tour de France
jersey fridge magnets
<g>😉.

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GaryG' garyg@shasta_SPAMBEGONE_software.com said:

this keeps the helmet clean, and gives the kitchen a
"cyclist lives here" atmosphere (as if there's any doubt,
what with the Graham Watson calendar, bike club ride
listings, and Tour de France jersey fridge magnets
<g>😉.

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Software for Cyclists

Dude, you crack me up. OTOH, I'm trying for that same
'touch' at my house.

Looking at all the gear, books and magazines, drying
jerseys, and shorts you'd think at least three cycle-nuts
lived there.

Mind you, it's a neat and well-organized menagerie...and
those muddy tire prints only a few hours old! ;-p

-Badger

On Thu, 3 Jun 2004 11:40:58 -0400, "mary" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

I have been wearing a helmet for over twenty-years, but in
the last couple of years it seems to make my head itch.In
the area where the straps are. I

...

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helmet, but it does not seem to make any difference. Any
suggestions?

I recommend taking it off for at least a couple hours a day.
Maybe while you're sleeping is a good time. Twenty years is
a long time to wear a helmet without taking it off!
--
Rick Onanian

Rick Onanian said:

On Thu, 3 Jun 2004 11:40:58 -0400, "mary" <tombates@city-

net.com said:

I have been wearing a helmet for over twenty-years, ...

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I recommend taking it off for at least a couple hours a
day. Maybe while you're sleeping is a good time.

I disagree! The Consumer Products Safety Commission says
(honest!) that America sees 400,000 ER visits per year due
to beds and bedclothes! Sure, it's a _little_ less than
those due to bicycles (560,000) but not that much less.

Bedtime is no time for relaxed vigilance. Leave that helmet
on! Why, if just ONE life can be saved...!!! ;-)

--
--------------------+ Frank Krygowski [To reply, remove
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Frank Krygowski said:

I disagree! The Consumer Products Safety Commission says
(honest!) that America sees 400,000 ER visits per year due
to beds and bedclothes! Sure, it's a _little_ less than
those due to bicycles (560,000) but not that much less.

Bedtime is no time for relaxed vigilance. Leave that helmet
on! Why, if just ONE life can be saved...!!! ;-)

--
--------------------+ Frank Krygowski

In fact, and I'm trying to convince the wife, if you leave
-all- your cycling gear on at bedtime, you can get up and
out the door even sooner in the am.

I'm clipping this post as more ammo. Never thought of the
helmet, but makes sense, as does the Third Eye Mirror!
Thx, man. ;-)

-Badger (She says the cleats dig into her, but she's such a
whiner...)

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Originally posted by Mary
I have been wearing a helmet for over twenty-years, but in
the last couple of years it seems to make my head itch.In
the area where the straps are. I use a sweat band, and it
seems to itch along there also. I usually in the summer wear
it around three to four hours a day, and it gets worse as
the temperature increases. Right now I am setting my helment
in the sun after I ride to see if that helps, but it is too
early to tell. I bought a new helmet, but it does not seem
to make any difference. Any suggestions?

Thanks

Tom

I don't have the same problem but sometimes I do feel an itch on my head while riding and sweating and isn't it amazing it is never under a vent hole. 😕

jhuskey said:

Mary said:

I have been wearing a helmet for over twenty-years,
but in the

last > couple of years it seems to make my head itch.
{snip}

I don't have the same problem but sometimes I do feel an
itch on my head while riding and sweating and isn't it
amazing it is never under a vent hole. 😕

Yet another reason to carry a spare spoke?

Bill "uses twigs when mtb-ing if nec." S.